Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions
Câu hỏi số 1: Chưa xác định
A. indoctrinate
B. identify
C. intoxicate
D. secularize
Câu hỏi số 2: Chưa xác định
A. exacerbate
B. agriculture
C. personify
D. exactitude
Câu hỏi số 3: Chưa xác định
A. measurement
B. already
C. surgical
D. stimulate
Câu hỏi số 4: Chưa xác định
A. reference
B. electric
C. internal
D. connected
Câu hỏi số 5: Chưa xác định
A. ignorant
B. popular
C. represent
D. solitude
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 6: Chưa xác định
I don’t mind wearing my big brother’s ______
A. pick-me-ups
B. turn-ups
C. hand-me-downs
D. keep-pace-withs
Câu hỏi số 7: Chưa xác định
As the managing director was dictating the letter, his secretary _____ what he was saying in shorthand.
A. took on
B. took off
C. took down
D. took up
Câu hỏi số 8: Chưa xác định
- “I didn’t get the job after all.” - “Oh, _____”
A. how a pity!
B. what do you feel?
C. what a shame!
D. how poor are you!
Câu hỏi số 9: Chưa xác định
Advertisers often aim their campaigns at young people as they have considerable spending _____.
A. ability
B. force
C. energy
D. power
Câu hỏi số 10: Chưa xác định
A special committee was set up to _____ on the problem of football hooliganism.
A. investigate
B. inform
C. research
D. report
Câu hỏi số 11: Chưa xác định
The group’s image _____ to young people in general and the less well off in particular.
A. draws
B. attracts
C. appeals
D. excites
Câu hỏi số 12: Chưa xác định
The old lady’s savings were considerable as she had _____ a little money each week.
A. put by
B. put apart
C. put in
D. put down
Câu hỏi số 13: Chưa xác định
Although it is only a small business, its _____ is surprisingly high.
A. turnabout
B. turnout
C. turnup
D. turnover
Câu hỏi số 14: Chưa xác định
Go on _____ the other exercise after you have finished this one.
A. with
B. to be doing
C. to do
D. doing
Câu hỏi số 15: Chưa xác định
They bought the children an ice cream to _____ for their disappointment.
A. get over
B. compensate
C. reconcile
D. make
Câu hỏi số 16: Chưa xác định
My attempts to solve the problem only _____ to make it worse.
A. served
B. functioned
C. contributed
D. attained
Câu hỏi số 17: Chưa xác định
It’s no good _____ me of getting to figures wrong!
A. blaming
B. scolding
C. criticizing
D. accusing
Câu hỏi số 18: Chưa xác định
There’s no point burying our heads in the ______, is there?
A. sand
B. ground
C. snow
D. earth
Câu hỏi số 19: Chưa xác định
He fell _____ his best friend over a girl they both liked.
A. out with
B. over
C. down
D. off
Câu hỏi số 20: Chưa xác định
- “It’s true that she’s going to leave the company.” - “_____”
A. Not to my knowledge
B. Not to my mind
C. I not think so
D. Not by my knowledge
Câu hỏi số 21: Chưa xác định
Unsalted butter is best for this recipe, but _____ that, margarine will do.
A. for all of
B. except
C. given
D. failing
Câu hỏi số 22: Chưa xác định
His mother insisted that he _____ seriously ill and that a doctor _____ for at once.
A. should be - should send
B. was - be sent
C. was - must be sent
D. were - should be sent
Câu hỏi số 23: Chưa xác định
Under pressure from his peers, Big Billy ______.
A. withstood
B. denied
C. admitted
D. confessed
Câu hỏi số 24: Chưa xác định
Tom made a living _____ works by famous painters.
A. shamming
B. faking
C. devising
D. pretending
Câu hỏi số 25: Chưa xác định
How could any company use someone whose English and French are so ______?
A. faded
B. tarnished
C. stained
D. rusty
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or the phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined in each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 26: Chưa xác định
We left New York when I was six, so my recollections of it are rather faint.
A. explicable
B. unintelligible
C. clear
D. ambiguous
Câu hỏi số 27: Chưa xác định
My first impression of her was her impassive face
A. emotional
B. respectful
C. solid
D. fractious
Câu hỏi số 28: Chưa xác định
She wrote me a vicious letter.
A. helpful
B. gently
C. dangerous
D. healthy
Câu hỏi số 29: Chưa xác định
We are very grateful to Professor Humble for his generosity in donating this wonderful painting to the museum.
A. meanness
B. sympathy
C. gratitude
D. churlishness
Câu hỏi số 30: Chưa xác định
He didn’t seem in the least concerned for her safety.
A. indifferent
B. ready
C. passionate
D. stolen
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or the phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined in each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 31: Chưa xác định
The doctor was sued for bad treatment.
A. mistreatment
B. malpractice
C. misdemeanour
D. maltreatment
Câu hỏi số 32: Chưa xác định
Laws on military service since 1960 still hold good.
A. is in good condition
B. remains for good
C. stands in life
D. remains in effect
Câu hỏi số 33: Chưa xác định
In astronomy, a scale of magnitude from one to six denotes the brightness of astar.
A. signifies
B. predicts
C. contrasts
D. examines
Câu hỏi số 34: Chưa xác định
Don’t you ever mention that matter again. I will not hear anything of it.
A. touch on
B. put off
C. take in
D. go on
Câu hỏi số 35: Chưa xác định
It was too late to stop the panic that had resulted from the false news report.
A. enthralled
B. ensured
C. ensued
D. entailed
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
For many years, scientists have speculated that the cataclysmic impact of an asteroid with the earth was responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs approximately 65 million years ago. Previous discoveries and results have hinted that an asteroid two kilometers in diameter struck the Yucatan peninsula in Eastern Mexico. This impact, stronger than one thousand nuclear explosions, is speculated to have cast a cloud of dust and debris into the atmosphere, covering the entire surface of the earth and blocking out the sun and consequently lowering the surface temperature of the earth. With such a radical change in the earth’s environment, scientists believe that over 99% of all animal and plant species were eradicated. Only after millions of years did plants and animals even begin to recover. But, the reign of the dinosaurs had ended and the age of mammals had begun.
The crucial link that has held this theory together has been the element iridium. Iridium is not commonly found on either the surface of the earth or inside the crust. It is more commonly found in asteroids or meteorites throughout the solar system. Scientists have hypothesized that after the asteroid impacted the earth, an even layer of iridium sediment settled over the globe and eventually became part of its surface. The theory, of course, has depended on the discovery of such an existing layer of iridium.
Unfortunately scientists have never been able to offer absolute proof that this asteroid impact ever occurred. Recently, however, a discovery may go a long way toward validating these scientists’ theories. In 1996, a team of marine biologists excavated samples of rock from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean just the coast of Bermuda. Found thousands of meters below the sea, these samples contain iridium similar to those found in the Yucatan peninsula thousands of kilometers away. At first, scientists were skeptical whether the samples were from the same time period. But since carbon dating placed them to 65 million years ago, their doubts were quickly alleviated. Since then many of the other theories for the demise of the dinosaur have been finally laid to rest.
Câu hỏi số 36: Chưa xác định
This passage mainly discusses a theory about _____.
A. archeological evidence from Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
B. the extinction of the dinosaurs
C. which type of dinosaur roamed where
D. why the dinosaurs turned into birds and reptiles
Câu hỏi số 37: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, approximately how large was the asteroid that scientists believe truck the Earth?
A. 1000 kilometers in diameter
B. 2 kilometers in diameter
C. 99 kilometers in diameter
D. 65 kilometers in diameter
Câu hỏi số 38: Chưa xác định
The word “hinted” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. denied
B. disproved
C. flirted
D. implied
Câu hỏi số 39: Chưa xác định
The word “cast” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. excused
B. shone
C. dispersed
D. climbed
Câu hỏi số 40: Chưa xác định
What can be inferred from the passage about asteroid impact mentioned italicized words?
A. A planetary remained fairly constant.
B. New plants and animals evolved with the changed environment.
C. The gravitational force form the earth’s core is altered.
D. The climate remained fairly constant.
Câu hỏi số 41: Chưa xác định
The word “reign” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. dominance
B. understanding
C. denial
D. extremity
Câu hỏi số 42: Chưa xác định
The word “It” refers to _____.
A. asteroids
B. crust
C. iridium
Câu hỏi số 43: Chưa xác định
What does the third paragraph of the passage mainly discuss?
A. The composition of the ocean floor in the Atlantic Ocean.
B. Recent discoveries that may confirm the asteroid impact hypothesis.
C. The discovery of ancient fossils located far beneath the ocean floor.
D. The major processes that have created the Earth’s crust.
Câu hỏi số 44: Chưa xác định
According to the passage, the iridium found beneath the ocean floor near Bermuda _____.
A. is similar to the iridium found on the Yucatan peninsula
B. originated from dinosaur remains
C. was chemically manufactured by miners
D. can be refined into fossil fuels
Câu hỏi số 45: Chưa xác định
The paragraph following the passage probably discusses _____.
A. the possibility of a future asteroid impact
B. the relationship between volcanic activity and dinosaur extinction
C. why dinosaurs lived where they did
D. recent computer imagery of dinosaur movement
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Câu hỏi số 46: Chưa xác định
Fire blight, a common disease of apples and pear trees, can sometimes be controlled with an antibiotic spray.
A. a common
B. apples
C. be controlled
D. with
Câu hỏi số 47: Chưa xác định
The Franklin stove, which became common in the 1780s, burned wood more efficient than an open fireplace.
A. which
B. became
C. efficient
D. an open
Câu hỏi số 48: Chưa xác định
jewelry is made of plastic, wood, or inexpensive metal, and they may be set with semiprecious or imitation stones.
A. is made of
B. inexpensive
C. they
D. be set with
Câu hỏi số 49: Chưa xác định
The main rotor and tail rotor of a helicopter make the same job as the wings, propellers, and rudder of an airplane.
A. of a
B. make
C. same
D. the wings
Câu hỏi số 50: Chưa xác định
Natural resources provide the raw material are needed to produce finished goods
A. Natural
B. are needed
C. produce
D. goods
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions .
While many nineteenth-century reformers hoped to bring about reform through education or by eliminating specific social evils, some thinkers wanted to start over and remake society by founding ideal, cooperative communities. The United States seemed to them a spacious and unencumbered country where models of a perfect society could succeed. These communitarian thinkers hoped their success would lead to imitation, until communities free of crime, poverty, and other social ills would cover the land. A number of religious groups, notably the Shakers, practiced communal living, but the main impetus to found model communities came from nonreligious, rationalistic thinkers.
Among the communitarian philosophers, three of the most influential were Robert Owen, Charles Fourier and John Humphrey Noyes Owen, famous for his humanitarian policies as owner of several thriving textile mills in Scotland, believed that faulty environment was to blame for human problems and that these problems could be eliminated in a rationally planned society. In 1825 he put his principles into practice at New Harmony, Indiana. The community failed economically after a few years but not before achieving a number of social successes. Fourier, a commercial employee in France, never visited the United States. However, his theories of cooperative living influenced many Americans through the writings of Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man explained Fourier-ism and its self-sufficient associations or “phalanxes”. One or more of these phalanxes was organized in every Northern state. The most famous were Red Bank, New Jersey, and Brook Farm, Massachusetts. An early member of the latter was the author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Noyes founded the most enduring and probably the oddest of the utopian communities, the Oneida Community of upstate New York. Needless to say, none of these experiments had any lasting effects on the patterns of American society.
Câu hỏi số 51: Chưa xác định
The main topic of the passage is _______.
A. nineteenth-century schools
B. model communities in the nineteenth century
C. the philosophy of Fourierism
D. American reformers
Câu hỏi số 52: Chưa xác định
Which of the following is NOT given in the passage as one of the general goals of communitarian philosophers?
A. To establish ideal communities
B. To spread their ideas throughout the United States
C. To create opportunities through education
D. To remake society
Câu hỏi số 53: Chưa xác định
The Shakers are mentioned in line 6 as an example of_______.
A. rationalistic thinkers
B. radical reformers
C. an influential group of writers
D. a communal religious group
Câu hỏi số 54: Chưa xác định
Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word impetus in line 7?
A. Drawback
B. Commitment
C. Stimulus
D. Foundation
Câu hỏi số 55: Chưa xác định
The “phalanxes” described in the second paragraph were an idea originally conceived by_______.
A. Robert Owen
B. Charles Fourier
C. John Humphrey Noyes
D. Albert Brisbane
Câu hỏi số 56: Chưa xác định
Why does the author mention Nathaniel Hawthorne in line 18?
A. He was a critic of Charles Fourier
B. He wrote a book that led to the establishment of model communities
C. He founded Brook Farm in Massachu-setts
D. He was at one time a member of the Brook Farm community
Câu hỏi số 57: Chưa xác định
Which of the following communities lasted longest?
A. Brook Farm
B. Red Bank
C. The Oneida Community
D. New Harmony
Câu hỏi số 58: Chưa xác định
The word oddest in line 19 is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. Largest
B. Earliest
C. Most unusual
D. Most independent
Câu hỏi số 59: Chưa xác định
The author implies that, for readers, the conclusion of the passage is __________ .
A. practical
B. absurd
C. obvious
D. surprising
Câu hỏi số 60: Chưa xác định
Why did the author probably divide the passage into two paragraphs?
A. To compare nineteenth-century reforms with twentieth-century reforms
B. To contrast the work of utopian thinkers with that of practical reformers
C. To give the causes for a phenomenon quenches in the second
D. To present an overview of a concept in the first paragraph and specific examples in the second
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from question 61 to 70.
OLD AND ACTIVE
It is well known that life expectancy is longer in Japan than in most other countries. A (61) ______ report also shows that Japan has the longest health expectancy in the world . A healthy long life is the result of the improvement in social environment. Scientists are trying to work (62) ______ exactly what keeps elderly Japanese people so healthy, and whether there is a lesson to be learnt from their lifestyles for the rest of us. Should we (63) ______ any changes to our eating habits, for instance, or go jogging each day before breakfast? Is there some secret (64) ______ in the Japanese diet that is particularly (65) ______ to the human body?
Another factor (66) ______ to the rapid population aging in Japan is a decline in birthrate. Although longer life should be celebrated, it is (67) ______ considered a social problem. The number of older people had doubled in the last half century and that has increased pension and medical costs. The country could soon be (68) ______ an economic problem, if there are so many old people to be looked after, and relatively few younger people working and paying taxes to support them.
(69) ______ the retirement age from 65 to 70 could be one solution to the problem. Work can give the elderly a (70) ______ of responsibility and mission in life. It’s important that the elderly play active roles in the society and live in harmony with all generations.
Câu hỏi số 61: Chưa xác định
___________(61)
A. contemporary
B. new
C. recent
D. late
Câu hỏi số 62: Chưa xác định
___________(62)
A. off
B. out
C. in
D. for
Câu hỏi số 63: Chưa xác định
___________(63)
A. set
B. give
C. make
D. do
Câu hỏi số 64: Chưa xác định
___________(64)
A. portion
B. helping
C. component
D. ingredient
Câu hỏi số 65: Chưa xác định
___________(65)
A. resourceful
B. profitable
C. beneficial
D. supportive
Câu hỏi số 66: Chưa xác định
___________(66)
A. causing
C. resulting
D. contributing
Câu hỏi số 67: Chưa xác định
___________(67)
A. however
B. therefore
C. even
D. actually
Câu hỏi số 68: Chưa xác định
___________(68)
A. facing
B. adopting
C. meeting
D. encountering
Câu hỏi số 69: Chưa xác định
___________(69)
A. Raising
B. Rising
C. Moving
D. Putting
Câu hỏi số 70: Chưa xác định
___________(70)
A. characteristic
B. feeling
C. sentiment
D. sense
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 71: Chưa xác định
_____ in science was important for Faraday.
A. That children should be interested
B. That children interested
C. Children that were interested
D. That interested children
Câu hỏi số 72: Chưa xác định
____ covered by the sea, which occupies 71 percent of the earth.
A. Huge unknown world is
B. So huge is the unknown world
C. A huge unknown world
D. There a huge unknown world
Câu hỏi số 73: Chưa xác định
_____ so incredible is that it can grow 385 miles of roots in four months, or about 3 miles in a day.
A. The rye plant
B. That makes the rye plant
C. What makes the rye plant
D. The rye plant which was
Câu hỏi số 74: Chưa xác định
These photographs will show you ______.
A. what our village looks like
B. what does our village look like
C. how does our village look like
D. how our village looks like
Câu hỏi số 75: Chưa xác định
_____ was lowered to the sea bed in a glass container to make observations is debated.
A. Alexander the Great
B. Alexander the Great who
C. What Alexander the Great
D. Whether Alexander the Great
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
Câu hỏi số 76: Chưa xác định
Scientists say forests are being destroyed by air pollution.
A. Scientists are blamed for destroying forests.
B. Forests are said to be destroyed by scientists.
C. Scientists blame air pollution for the destruction of forests.
D. Scientists say there’s much air pollution in the forests.
Câu hỏi số 77: Chưa xác định
She has no voice in this matter.
A. She has little idea of this matter.
B. She loses her voice and doesn’t know about this matter.
C. She has no right to express her opinion in this matter.
D. She has a sore throat so she cannot speak of this matter.
Câu hỏi số 78: Chưa xác định
Choosing a suitable job is really important to adolescents.
A. It is great importance for adolescents to choose a suitable job.
B. It is really important to choose a suitable job for adolescents.
C. Choosing a suitable job for adolescents is a really important affair.
D. The choice of a suitable job for adolescents is the importance.
Câu hỏi số 79: Chưa xác định
“Sorry, Madam. Looking after the garden is not my duty.”
A. He apologized for not looking after the garden.
B. He not promised to look after the garden.
C. He asked if looking after the garden was his duty.
D. He said that he was not responsible for looking after the garden.
Câu hỏi số 80: Chưa xác định
Much as he loved her, he couldn’t forgive her for what she had done.
A. She loved him very much, so he forgave her for what she had done.
B. He didn’t forgive her for what she had done despite loving her very much.
C. He didn’t forgive her for what she had done as he loved her very much.
D. He loved her so much, that’s why he forgave her for what she had done.